Vernacular

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In this episode, Zac and Ishan break down some of the prominent storylines in the sports world this fall, including: how Kevin Durant's trade to the Golden State Warriors affect the Dubs' title chances, baseball's greatest phenom, Tim Tebow's shot at the majors, the problem with college football preseason rankings, and the Super Bowl champion. Check it out and let us know what you think!

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In Episode 6 of Season 4, we call listener Schuyler for his very own lightning round, chat with former Googler Steffi Bryson, now working for Uber, about security and privacy issues, and announce our new Vernacular Podcast t-shirts. It's a great conversation we're pretty sure you don't want to miss!

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In Episode 5, we give contributor Elena a bespoke lightning round, talk to Dr. Gilbert Meilaender about his forthcoming book Not by Nature but by Grace: Forming Families through Adoption, and bring back Nathan & Sadie Seibt from Season 1 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support

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In Episode 4, we call listener Brittany for a "lightning round" and chat about our new favorite Philadelphia eats. Then we invite writer and editor Alexi Sargeant on the show to share his argument in favor of Pokemon Go! (after we trashed it last week). Finally, contributor Joshua joins us to discuss the meri Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support

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In this installment of Vernacular, Leah Libresco of FiveThirtyEight and Unequally Yoked joins us to talk about her conversion from atheism to Catholicism. Along the way, we discuss epistemology as it Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support

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In this second episode of our fourth season, we talk to contributors Jordan and Catherine about how to build a summer road trip playlist--a timely topic before we embark on a massive trip next week! We also talk with them about what summer flicks we should be excited to see, and get an update on James Tiberius Short's arrival plans. Along the way, we talk about LaCroix beverages and how they inspired Zac and Sally's latest investment decision.

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In this episode, we talk to contributors Kevin Beauchemin, Margaret Perry, Elena Forsythe, Will Brian, and Miriel Reneau about a variety of topics, including John Steinbeck's literature, William Deresiewicz's thought on leadership, Broadway's latest hit, genetic editing, and racial disparities in sentencing. It's a big conversation but a lot of fun.

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In the final episode of season 3, we talk to Theresa Breslin, author at the Brez Blog, about her decision to leave her promising career at a law firm to become a full-time mom. Theresa shares with us her reasons for making the change, even amidst piles of law school debt and a family legacy of career performance--https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support

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In Episode 9 of Season 3, we share some tips of the week from listener Nathan (who recently survived a scary car accident) about car safety and accident preparation. We chat with contributor Kevin about Aristotle, the meaning of true friendship, the impact of social media on friendship, and whether men and women can be friends. Then we bring contributor Ishan back to update us on Steph Curry and the NBA playoffs.

Editorial Question of the Week: Can men and women be (true) friends? Let us know what you think!

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In this episode, we sit down with Jennifer Lahl of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, an organization dedicated to working "for a human future." We talk with Jennifer about what that means, focusing our conversation on the little-known problems of surrogacy (this kindhttps://anchor.fm/vernacular/support